Job Description

Location: Barcelona or London
Team: Reconciliation & Operations
Reports to: Head of Reconciliation & Operations
Experience: 2+ years
Employment Type: Full-time
Work Model: Hybrid

About Optio
Optio Incentives is a fast-growing Norwegian fintech company specializing in equity compensation solutions for companies worldwide - from listed enterprises to high-growth scale-ups.

As part of our continued growth, we are establishing a dedicated Reconciliation & Operations Team responsible for ensuring operational excellence and compliance on our regulated business.

The Role
We are hiring a Reconciliation Analyst to join our growing Reconciliation & Operations team. This is a core role in a control-critical function: you will be part of a team responsible for ensuring daily reconciliations run accurately. The function covers client asset reconciliations (securities and cash), position and transaction reconciliations for UK SAYE and SIP programmes, and support for our white-label and custody partnership relationships.

This is not a back-office ticking exercise. Reconciliation failures have direct regulatory consequences under our regulatory framework, and this team is where we catch problems before they become incidents. We are also a team that is serious about using technology to do this better — we want someone who is genuinely curious about what AI and automation can do for reconciliation workflows, not just someone who knows Excel well.

What You'll Do

• Perform daily client asset reconciliations (securities and cash) across share plan products, ensuring positions match between our records and those of our external counterparties.

• Investigate and resolve reconciliation breaks, owning communications with internal and external stakeholders through to resolution.

• Support position and transaction reconciliations for UK SAYE and SIP programmes as client volumes grow.

• Contribute to the development and documentation of reconciliation processes and controls as the function scales.

• Flag and escalate edge cases — negative balances, aged breaks, corporate actions (dividends, rights issues, splits, mergers), or anything requiring judgment — to the team lead.

• Actively explore how reconciliation workflows can be improved or partially automated using AI tools and contribute ideas to the team's thinking on this.

Experience & Background

• 2+ years of experience in a reconciliation, operations and settlements role within financial services, ideally in a regulated environment and on the equity compensation administration.

• Solid understanding of securities reconciliation concepts — position matching, cash reconciliation, break identification.

• Exposure to or interest in share plans, equity incentive programmes, or custody products is a real advantage.

• Comfortable working with data and willing to move beyond manual spreadsheet workflows.

• Genuine curiosity about AI and automation — you don't need to be technical, but you should be excited about what these tools could do for operational processes.

Skills & Competencies

• Fluent in English

• Strong interpersonal and communication skills.

• Accurate, methodical, and able to hold yourself accountable in a daily control function.

• Ability to manage multiple tasks simultaneously and thrive in a fast-paced environment.

• Ability to work cross-functionally with international teams.

• Advanced Excel proficiency and strong analytical capabilities, ideally with proven experience working with large and complex datasets.

• Based in Barcelona - Spain (preferred) or in London - UK.

What We Offer

• A central role in a growing and strategically important team within Optio.

• Exposure to global stakeholders and the challenge of mastering complex topics in the equity compensation and fintech.

• An inclusive, friendly, and ambitious work environment with talented colleagues.

• Opportunities for growth and development as the Reconciliation & Operations Team scales.

• Competitive compensation with performance-based incentives and social benefits.